Humanatrian Disaster Response in Pakistan

Global Health, Block 3.2

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Q1.Define cluster approach of Humanatrian disaster

Definition

• A cluster is a group of agencies that gather to work together towards common objectives within a particular sector of emergency response.

• The cluster approach, instituted in 2006 as part of the UN Humanitarian Reform process.

Cluster Approach Aims

• To improve the predictability, timeliness, and effectiveness of humanitarian response, and pave the way for recovery.

• It strengthens leadership and accountability in key sectors.

• Seeks to enhance partnerships and complementarity among the UN.

Q2. Describe how did your country of study manage or respond to the humanitarian

disaster

What is Humanitarian Management ?

• Humanitarian acts happen at small, medium and large scales.

• For example, going overseas to help feed starving children is a humanitarian act, as is an individual giving a small monthly contribution to a local charity for the homeless or sponsoring a hungry child who lives in another country.

Examples

• Not everyone in the world has health care. Therefore, Doctors Without Borders strives to bring medical attention, surgical procedures, vaccinations for children, etc.

• Save the Children is a well-known group that works to assist children in need in areas of the world where there is not enough money for proper nutrition, medicine and other basic needs

In Pakistan

• We will discuss the example of the 2010 Pakistan flood which is the worst natural disaster - floodwater inundated up to one fifth of the country and affected an estimated 20 million people.

• In 2012 fresh flooding in Pakistan's southern Sindh province put millions of people at renewed risk of disease and widespread malnutrition.

In Pakistan

• Oxfam launched an immediate response to provide aid to more than 2.4 million people.

• Oxfam has helped 70,000 people worst affected by renewed flooding.

In Pakistan

• Pakistan is one of the world’s most hazard-prone countries, with each humanitarian crisis costing lives and money and deepening the alarming levels of poverty and malnutrition.

• Pakistan’s 2012 flood emergency left hundreds of thousands of people needing help to meet their basic needs, including clean water, food, shelter, health and medical services, sanitation facilities, and cash to buy other essentials.

In Pakistan

• This joint-agency briefing shows how, although most flood-affected people returned to their communities after floodwaters finally receded, many of them found their homes damaged or destroyed.

• Many farming families missed the winter sowing season because of prolonged flooding, depriving them of their usual food and income sources.

In Pakistan

• The agencies call on donors to back the Pakistani authorities to build on recent progress and accelerate efforts to prepare the country more effectively for future disasters, taking climate change into account.

Q3. what were cluster activities during different phases of

health response?

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Q4. obstacles affecting the effectiveness of the

humanitarian disaster management in Pakistan

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• Lack of disaster risk management plans.

• Lack of application of building codes for construction of housing and infrastructure in hazard prone areas.

• Lack of political will.

The Answer

• Lack of trained construction workforce.

• Lack of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.

• Corruption.

• Apathy.

• Lack of effective system for emergency response.

References

• http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/tools/manuals/who_field_handbook/annex_7/en/

• http://www.humanitarianresponse.info/clusters/space/page/what-cluster-approach

• http://www.who.int/entity/hac/network/global_health_cluster/chapter1.pdf

• National Disaster Management Framework